EDGE Demos in India

Nokia and Indian GSM operator IDEA Cellular have jointly demonstrated live mobile multimedia services over an EDGE network in the Indian city of Delhi. IDEA has chosen Nokia's EDGE system to pilot data services that are on average three times faster than services delivered over GPRS.

"IDEA has always endeavoured to provide next generation technology, ahead of its time to its subscribers. While other players are still thinking about it, we have taken another step towards bringing the future to our customers and make their GSM experience richer and more value-added," said Mr. Vikram Mehmi, CEO, IDEA Cellular Ltd.,

"We are looking to deliver the world's best to our customers - and we chose Nokia, a leader in GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile communications technologies, to launch our EDGE services. EDGE will help IDEA remain ahead of competition and consolidate its position to emerge as one of the top players in the cellular industry. "Our network is 100% EDGE compatible and we are fully ready to launch this next generation service in Delhi, " he added.

Nokia has been working with IDEA since 1996, providing turnkey services for the operator's GSM infrastructure."

Posted to the site on 11th February 2004